The Curtain for the Entrance
Exodus 36:37
In 11 translations
- BSB
- For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
- KJV
- ¶ And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer
- WEB
- He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
- ASV
- And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;
- LSV
- And he makes a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, the work of an embroiderer,
- YLT
- And he maketh a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer,
- DBY
- And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery;
- DRC
- He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.
- GNV
- And he made an hanging for the Tabernacle doore, of blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linnen, and needle worke,
- JPS
- And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours;
- LXXE37:3
- And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מָסָךְ֙ לְפֶ֣תַח הָאֹ֔הֶל תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה רֹקֵֽם׃
- LXX-Br37:3
- καὶ ἐποίησαν τὸ καταπέτασμα ἐξ ὑακίνθου, καὶ πορφύρας, καὶ κοκκίνου νενησμένου, καὶ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης, ἔργον ὑφαντὸυ χερουβείμ·
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Cross-references most cited first
- Exodus 40:28Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
- Exodus 26:36–37For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 37:5 in some Bibles
- Content check: text matches KJV Exod.36.37 (word overlap 0.61), not Exod.37.3 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Exod.37.3 (TVTMS action was 'identity (unverified)').
- Content check: text matches KJV Exod.36.37 (word overlap 0.61), not Exod.37.3 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Exod.37.3 (TVTMS action was 'identity (unverified)'). (transferred from brenton)